Grayson LandCare
June 21 monthly presentation
Grayson County Rec Park 85 County Park Lane • P.O. Box 742, Independence, VA, United StatesBill Shepley, County Administrator will be the featured speaker for the June 21 meeting at 7pm at the Grayson County Rec Park, picnic shelter #1. We felt it was still best to meet outdoors. Bill will give us highlights of what the County did in 2020 as well as plans for 2021. The Rec Park[...]
Annual Meeting, potluck and service auction October 18 at Eagleview
Eagleview Event Center 639 Wagon Wheel Rd, Elk Creek, United StatesWe are thrilled to be able to hold our Annual meeting, potluck and Service Auction at Eagleview Event Center. A big thank you to Chris and Joy Butler for their generous donation of their lovely venue for this event. The schedule for the evening: 5pm doors open. 5:30 Silent Auction opens for bidding. 6pm Dinner.[...]
May meeting at Free Market with a Clean River Update.
Free Market 1173 N Independence Ave, Independence, VA, United StatesThe Free Market is for everyone! Take the tour and see for yourself. In addition Keith Andrews of the New river Wildlife Club will give an update on the Grayson County Clean River Month Initiative. This will include some background on the origins of Clean River Month and will also detail progress and improvements being[...]
June meeting features Neal Kilgore of Virginia Outdoor Foundation
Independence 1908 Courthouse 107 E Main St , Independence, VA, United StatesNeal Kilgore of the Virginia Outdoor Foundation(VOF) will be the featured speaker Monday June 20 at the 1908 Baldwin Auditorium. He will discuss using conservation easements to protect forest and farmlands. Created under Virginia’s Open-Space Land Act, VOF creates easements designed to protect a variety of natural and cultural values, including: Agriculture Forestry Natural habitat[...]
July meeting features the Permaculture Garden
Church of the Good Shepherd 9441 Grayson Pkwy, Galax, VA, United StatesJoin us July 18th at the Church of the Good Shepherd to tour the Permaculture Garden. This GLC project started 5 years ago when Cynthia Taylor offered to teach a permaculture class and the Church of the Good Shepherd offered to let the group use a 1/2 acre as a demonstration garden for permaculture, with[...]
August meeting features tours of the School Garden and Food Independence
Grayson LandCare Office 104 Courthouse Street, Independence, VA, United StatesWe continue to highlight Grayson LandCare's many projects. This month we'll meet at the GLC office. You can drive or carpool to the Independence Elementary School and tour the kids garden. Next we'll head over to Food Independence to tour the Food Pantry.
Tour New River Hill Farm September 19
Please note the early meeting time of 6pm! Days are getting shorter and we want to have ample time for the tour. We will tour the New River Soil and Water Conservation District's New River Hill Farm. It operates under a conservation easement. We will also tour the newly acquired property that will become Grayson[...]